AI War At A Glance

- Space-based RTS, single player or up to 8 player co-op.
- Powerful emergent AI that retreats, probes defenses, and surprises even veterans with intelligent tactics.
- 30,000+ ships at a time on 10-120 simultaneous planetary battlefields.
- Different Every Time: 16 billion procedural maps, each with specific units. - A focus on deep strategy with nearly no micromanagement.
- PC Gamer UK (November 2009): AI War breaks most of the genre’s rules. Which is precisely why it’s incredible... This out-of-the-blue one-man passion project is one of this year’s finest strategy games. (More Press & Player Reactions)

AI War is an entirely unique large-scale RTS with aspects of TBS, tower defense, and grand strategy. It features single or cooperative play with as many as 8 humans against a pair of powerful, intelligent AIs. These AIs are driven by an AI Progress stat that players contribute to through aggressive actions such as taking control of planets and destroying key units, forcing tough decisions regarding which targets are worth capturing or destroying. Human fleets are usually several thousand ships in size or larger, with games often featuring 30,000 units at any given time across galaxies of anywhere from 10 to 120 planets. Some games have reached as many as 90,000 units!

Despite this, players retain powerful control over their fleets in a macro-sense, ignoring painful micromanagement present in other games in favor of actual tactics like flanking. Meanwhile, ships themselves attempt to target enemies as intelligently as possible so the player can focus on the tasks that really matter. Scouting also plays a major role in the game, supplying an intel 'snapshot' about important capturable units, enemy fleet sizes, and planet ownership. Designed by RTS veterans and backed by strong, responsive support on the official forums and elsewhere, AI War is an exciting and refreshing experience.

Who Is Arcen Games?

We're a tiny little indie company, and proud of it! AI War is full of innovations that would never have gotten the green light if a AAA publisher had been calling the shots, and as you can see from our many reviews, the game is the better for it -- not just a rehash of genre tropes. AI War started out as just a one-man project, then grew to a team of five as the game gained in popularity after release. We've been working hard to provide some incredible post-release support for the game, and the version 2.0 that has just come out is a major milestone for us.

Coming up next is an expansion for AI War, and a casual puzzle game called Feedback. We've got diverse interests as gamers and game developers, and you can expect us to innovate in a variety of genres. We're also giving back to the indie community in the form of sharing our techncial expertise, and and even giving away our art for other indies to use. We're big fans of 2D, and we're huge proponents of co-op.

We're as indie as it gets -- if you'd like to see more projects like AI War from us, then please support us by buying the game (see above), becoming our fan on facebook, and/or telling your friends and family that might be interested about AI War! Your support keeps us indie, and will help us realize our dreams of doing this fulltime.

DRM

We've been asked if the game contains any signficiant DRM, and the answer is, emphatically, no. We've got a simple license key (which turns the trial version into the full version), but that's it. No need to contact our servers during install, no hidden drivers, no encryption, or install limits.

We want to make it easy on our customers, and, like the folks over at 2D Boy, we've never really felt like DRM works, anyway. If you like our games, please buy them so that we can make more, but we're not about to start treating our real customers like thieves just to thwart the inevitable pirates.